But the big reveal touched on what felt like every episode. I'm not a big clue-gluer, so I just went "Really? That was supported by all the text?" and waited for the next good character moment.
I can mostly see support for everything that happened in the text. For me, there was just an awful lot that happened in the text that seemed like it was supposed to matter, but then didn't. Some red herrings are necessary, so maybe I over clue-glued. VM was far and away my favorite thing on TV, but I should add the American version of
The Office
grabbed me so hard, I was surprised. It was the 'shippy aspects that grabbed me hardest, though.
I suspect this year, we didn't need to, as much. That's one of the things I'll be interested in finding out, once I rewatch it in a row. It seems like there were an awful lot of unimportant episodes in the middle--sort of the same pacing problems BtVS had in its last few years, but it was so often pre-empted, I can't decide without a good rewatch.
Yes, this annoys me, a lot. It would be one thing if there were one arc, but there
were a ton of mysteries that waited to be resolved until the last two episodes, and even then, not all of them were resolved.
I hate sitting through MotW thinking, isn't there, like 24 other things I'm supposed to be remembering that need to be solved? Who gives a fuck about this random dude's problem?!
I'm angry tonight, I guess.
I like the Unit and Bones. And NCIS, as predictable as it is. I never got into VM. The few I saw, annoyed.
In other news, my mom is a big fat generous sap. I got a sweet note from her with a big fat check for Mister Kitty. She knows I don't need the money, that I can cover it myself. She just
does
this. She did it when the car broke when they were visiting.
It's odd, when I've had to ask them for money because finances were fraught, it's weird and I feel like shit. And yet when I've got plenty of padding and yet they decide to foot a bill? Well, it is still weird but more from the outsider's perspective. It isn't a substitution for anything (nothing is as valuable as all those two weeks of nights she called to check up on things and let me cry and work through the worst of it and gave me a verbal lap to crawl into) and it isn't buying anything. It's just mom. After I quit sniffling, I told her a part was going to some animal charity. Then she started sniffling and told me she wasn't surprised.
And yet, they don't take me seriously when I tell them to buy me a goat for xmas!!
Anyway, I love my family. Can't always explain our shorthand, but they're mine.
I like The Unit. Dennis Haysbert makes me shiver. especially when he's shooting things.
Oh, he's awesome. The
child soldier ep, when the basically told the kid he lied and kid flipped?
Good god, that was fascinating to watch. I also really like the wives stuff. Though the
fraud stuff
kind of annoyed. They don't need to be Drama, they need to be carving out a life independent, that's enough to be interesting. Though I see the plot value of the
fraud stuff
. I just would've been happier if it played out more slowly. Or later.
Dennis Haysbert makes me shiver. especially when he's shooting things.
The other night, when they were dealing with the
potential nuclear bomb
and he was all,
"This is my jurisdiction now. You're all under my command. Get me a cup of coffee."
It was very rrrowr.
I think I'm a sucker for the torn loyalties parts. I want to take them home and feed them as say "there, there."On a mission, they are basically users (also evidenced by the
Browns' "vacation"
in one of the last couple of eps.) And that's not a pretty portrayal and the writers aren't really softening that much.
you know what's creepy and wrong? He kinda reminds me of my dad.
That would mess me up, Vortex. However, Sidney Poitier slightly reminds me of my father, and I try and push that as far away as possible.
I can mostly see support for everything that happened in the text.
I don't doubt all the clues were there. If I were more of a clue person, it might have had an impact. I just don't feel it was
consistently
emotionally sold, and that's a much more important and immediate reward for me.
And, like bon, I found it startling to whip away and towards the arc. How could they not care some weeks? Then why should I buy them caring two weeks from now? I think the first year's mystery/mysteries were much better handled, and the
emotions
of them much better handled. That's why I felt "Oh! Of course!" at the reveals then.
The
child soldier
bit of The Unit got to me too. I wasn't sure where he was going with it, and somehow I was surprised even as I accepted its inevitability.
And, of course, sad.
Sara, I FFed through the
fraud
bits, as soon as she started her story. I guessed what was coming, and it was too much angst for me, of the wrong sort.
But don't they say
"You can't con an honest man."? Which reminds me--I have an episode of
Hustle
to watch as soon as I get this load of laundry into the washing machine.
